Harvard Busienss: "Unfortunately, these technologies are — to paraphrase military folks — inherently "dual use." That is to say, we can use them either to better focus on the task at hand or to multitask something else. Every university professor lecturing in America wonders which students are assiduously taking notes on their laptops and which are assiduously playing Scrabulous. Do professors really want to play "Big Brother" or block the digital deployment of their students', um, personal educational technologies? Of course not.
instant messaging
CNET: Twitter-sphere
Is it too soon still to speak of the Twitter economy? Yeah, just a
bit. But you'd be wise not to ignore the new vehicles for spreading the
word.
Linux.com: A first look at Gaim 2.0
"The Gaim 2.0 release is nearing its home stretch. The Gaim team released beta4 last week, with a number of new features and UI improvements. Gaim 2.0 is shaping up as a net improvement over Gaim 1.5, though some features have not changed for the better, and voice support for Google Talk is still missing in action."

